preparing your garden for spring vanderbilt community connections
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Preparing Your Garden for Spring
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Astronomical Spring is March 20th to June 19th….but it really depends where you live!
Exactly when is spring?
Early Spring
February to early March
Middle Spring
Mid March to April
Late Spring
May
Hey What about June???Isn’t it still spring?
Nope…not for me!
Tasks for February
1. Clean up debris left over from fall2. Weed3. Apply Pre-emergent weed killer to
established beds4. MULCH5. Stop and Look! What do you want your
garden to look like next spring?
Plants for a February Garden
SNOWDROPSGalanthus
Plants for a February Garden
LENTEN ROSEHellebores
Hellebore and Galanthus
Tasks for March
1. Complete list from February!2. Have soil tested if opening up a new bed3. Attend local gardening events4. RESIST the temptation to plant all but
hardy perennials !!!!
Plants for a March Garden
PrimrosesPrimula
Plants for a March Garden
Celadine or Wood PoppyStylophorum diphyllum
Plants for a March Garden
CANDYTUFTIberis
Tasks for April
1. Time to start planting perennials2. Resist the temptation to plant annuals until
after April 15th……I wait until the end of April when the ground is warmer
3. Create new planting beds4. Go buy plants, support the local plant
societies!
Middle Tennessee Perennial Plant Sale
April 14, 2012TN State Fairgrounds
Bloom ‘n’ Garden Expo April 13th, 14th, and 15th, 2012
Ag Expo Park, Franklin
Tasks for May
1. Plant tender annuals2. Planter boxes and pots3. Finish up plantings, apply fertilizers, mulch4. Skeeters are coming……
May Gardens…..the possibilities are endless
Tasks for June………Sit back and enjoy your garden
View from the Screen Porch ……where those skeeters can’t get me!!
Thanks for your time!
Questions?